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THE POWER OF ORGANIZED LABOR.
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A hbold for wo,rkers had been working in a mill for sev
eral year: and as the conditions had been continually .becom
iI \\csý( the men ,lctiiled to take some steps to embetter their
(,9(1rti infs. l' tIhey l rmed a union and then looked around to
f ntl the het way t(4 organize so as to get the greatest amount
of i,,xcr \%itl, the fewest number of men. They of course
Salitllctd ill thile nirle, but there were some who were skilled and
be ;usc they \\ere they would not join the union, so all that
wasi ti the unionii \\a the unskilled workers, both whites and
hblac ks.
'Ilhen Inie icay when the hboss was worse than ever and all
the Im'enl ca mhiIe tcgether and said they needed more \vages for
V\,orkin!s till ;tu I sl aave-driver. They thei proceeded to
elc t ta spoke,isall and finally Bill Jones, a lumber piler, was
chi,.en to iill the position.
JIines went up to the hioss and said : "We need more wages
for ii1 w\vork do we can provide for our families, and as I have
beccn se lectedl by the other workers to put our demands before
vy. I present these grievances to you" (handing a paper call
ingi tor ,more wages, fewer hours, and better conditions in
general).
''lte hos ans\\ered that lie could not ayV it as he had lost
nilo ney th at iear.
'I hen thle tfollowing conversation ensueid:
"Youn say you Ii e monev running this mill-"
"'(s."
"1, that \\\y L'u arc rtlling louhIle time, so y'ou can los:"
it all ?"
"W ell, I'll not pay it."
"lThen it's a strike."
"A\ll right, I'll get scabs."
"( ;Lt them, and see how you'll like them."
"\Vhat makes you think I won't like them?"
"Hecause they will be educated, most of them."
"What arc educated scabs?'
"S;labs furnished byv the union."
"\Well, I don't care what kind of scabs I have so long as
they work."
"But the educated scab won't do the work."
"\iell, then I'll fire him."
"But you will have to have another one, and suppose he is
also a union man, then what will you do?"
"I'll fire him, too."
"But then you are as bad off as before--no scabs."
"But I'll get good scabs in time."
"Yes. But in time we can educate the scab and he'll join
the union and then we will be stronger than before."
"But I will send away for scabs, plenty of them."
"Just a moment: the railroad men belong to the union,
and won't haul scabs."
"O0, I'll get them here; leave that to me."
"Then how will you feed them?"
"In a restaurant, of course."
"But the union restaurant workers won't feed them."
"Well, then I'll feed them."
"Where will you get the food?"
"From the grocer."
"But perhaps the union grocer clerks won't sell the food."
"I'll get it from the boss."
"Then we'll boycot him and he depends on us for a liv
ing. You see, we have you coming and going."
."I'll close down the mills and you will all starve."
"I don't think so. We didn't starve before the mills came
and we won't w'hen they are gone. And--we belong to the
ONE BIG 'NI()ON and the workers who are not on strike
will assist us. In the mean time you will get no profits. You
are the loser. We have nothing to lose but our misery, and we
are willing to lose that."
"I'll get the soldiers."
".Maybe the railroad workers won't carry them either,
and anyvvay, dlid yIou ever see a soldier cut lumber with a bay
onet? \We d mn't mind them at all. They didn't join the army
to wo\rk, and neither did y'our gun-men."
"lut I can have the leaders sent to jail."
"I think that you will find that we are all able to lead and
for every man ,you sent to jail on these trumped up charges
you make a hundred union men who never thought of it be
fore."
"But, if I gave you what you wanted, wouldn't you say,
'Boys, we made him come through; let's organize better and
get more.' \Wouldn't you di that?"
"Sure."
"Well, what in H 1 do ,ou want?"
"T''he earth and the machinery of production."
"Do y'ou think ,cou will get it?"
"Do I THINK we'll ge it? WVell, if the union keeps on
gro\wing like it has been lately, I know we'll get it. And -
the time is ni't far o(ff either."
As the curtain goes down the boss is seen scratching his
head and the \\wrkers are shouting: "Workers of the world.
unitc: you\l hav\'e nothing t, lolse but your chains and you ha\ve
a wirlil t gain." \And they lett, realizing '"That an injury
til it \'va. a'n "njury t, all." E. F. DOREE.
Sli ,t ''The I .umerjack." Subscribe today.
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VWithlut ,rcl irin g , tI l,,ii t prohibit;in, we are safe in say
ing that the hiss prcete r a lumberjack \\ho drinks to c \\in wh
thinks. ile whio spends his spare time trying to, find \"av; ,of
changing miserable conditiin is a terror to the labor skinners.
while the man whi, dro\wns the mem,,r- if his misery in
drink is their secret delight.
35,(X),0X)o workers in the 1. S. 2,000,00,0 organized. 33.
000,000 in the field. Hardly any use waiting for the 2,oo000,.
000o to endorse our plan. Come out in the open and declare
yourself. The time is ripe.
LOG CUTTERS WANTEDI
TWO JOBS FOR EVERY MAN.
Spe'eial Call to Log. Cutters Throughout the South-No Suckers and Job-Cowards Need Apply.
TO ALL MEN:
Other than a "commissary living," the worst on earth, what is there for any working man in the Lumber Industry
today? Why stand for it? There is absolutely no reason why you should, except you be a "Young-Man-Afraid-of-His
Job." Listen: A few years ago, when the Lumber Kings began to swipe forests and lay the foundations for their fortuhes,
Log ('utters were paid 75c or more a thousand feet,true scale, for cutting pine logs, stumps 36 inches high. This in virgin
timber. l'today the Log ('utters get only 35c to 4oc per thousand, hard scale, double length logs, which amounts to about
22c per thousand feet, and are compelled to saw stumps as low as 12 to 20 inches, a back-breaking operation if ever there
was one. Worse, still: the price of your labor power has gone down and down the cost of living has gone up, up, up every
year and is still advancing. Food, clothing, housing, lumber, everything has increased in price except labor. Why
should this stay down? "Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Job" is the only reason.
DON'T BE A JOB-COWARDI ORGANIZE!
All Log Cutters who have not lost their manhood stooping over 12-inch stumps are anxious to better their conditions,
and they ran. They can get everything they want if they will only join and stick to the National Industrial Union of For
est arnl Iumber Workers. ''There is no guess work about this; it has been done elsewhere, and can be odne in the South. If
the starving child and women workers of Lawrence, Mass., could buck and whip the Textile Trust, there is no reason, ex
cpt lack of manhood, why you big, husky flatheads can't whip the Southern Lumber Operators Association. The Log
('utters, Filers and Woodsmen can control the whole Lumber Industry, and can do it in no time. Right now, according to
l,,mber 'Iru+t trade papers, there is a shortage of Forest and Sawmill labor. So, then, now is a chance for all the Woods
men in the South to get in position for high wages within the next six months. There is no blacklist that can hold out
against ILog ('utters; they are always in demand, except when they over-work and get too many logs ahead. When they get,
as they will if they organize, 75c for cutting logs, they will work only half as hard, saw only half as much as they do to
da"h, therchby keeping up a demand for twice the number of Log Cutters as are now at work. Let every Log Cutter who
wants high stumps and 75c for sawing logs join the lUnion today, see to it that every man on the job joins, then all stick to
gether, and in ,less than six months the fight will be won. Log Cutters, get busyl line up! Then line up the Teamsters, Tram
crews, Skidder men, Steel gangs, Loader men and Tie makers, all the Woodsmen all along the line all over the South.
The race is to the Swift, the battle to the Strong, and the might of labor is in Organization, is in Union. The one and only
way to get what you want, a man's life, and get it quick, is to ORGANIZE. Then you can get every demand and, without
a strike. Therefore, ORGANIZE! See to it that every crew of Woodsmen on every job in the South is UNIONIZED.
T'hen elect a camp delegate and keep Headquarters posted as to the number at work on every job, sending the names of all.
so it can help you organize by mail and be prepared to call a general strike, if necessary. No matter where you go, where
you are working, be sure to belong to the Union, and be sure you get every Log Cutter and Woodsman in the Union before
you leave the job. It's only the men who stick that count. When the Log Cutters begin to line up, then you will see the
Tie makers and all other Woodsmen line up, in the One Rig Union, and, then, there will be no power on earth that can
prevent you from getting more for your work or save the present slave-driving system from being overthrown. You, you
the Log Cutters, you alone can whip the Lumber Trust, whip it in six months to a finish, if you will only Organize and
stick together, always REMEMBERING that:
"UNITED YOU STAND; DIVIDED YOU FALL;"
"AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL."
On these two mottoes hang all the law and gospel of the ONE BIG UNION.
Yours for Industrial Freedom,
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL UNION OF FOREST &
LUMBER WORKERS,
JAY SMITH, Secretary Southern District.
WAGE SCALE
ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL INDUSTRI
AL UNION OF FOREST AND LUMBER
WORKERS, I. W. W., ON THE
PACIFIC COAST.
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Head filer ---------------- -------$8.oo per day and up
Second filer, doing bench work------ 6.oo per day and up
Filer's helpers --------------------- 4.oo per day and up
Blacksmith ------------------------ 3.5o per day and up
Blacksmith helper ----------------- 2.75 per.day and up
Horse Shoer ----------------------- 3.50 per day and up
Pipe Fitters ---------------------- 3.oo per day and up
Setters ------------------- --------- 3.50 per ady and up
Carriage rider head man ------------ 3.00 per day and up
Carriage men tail men ------------- 2.75 per day and up
Edgermen ------------------------ 4.25 per day and up
Trimmermen ------------- --------- 4.25 per day and up
Trimmer Leader ---o-------------- 3.00 per day and up
Re-sawyer ------------------------ 3.50 per day and up
Rip-sawyer ----------------------- 3.00oo per day and up
Gang Sawyers --------------------- 3.50 per day and up
Oilers --------------------------- 3.oo00 per day and up
Scalers ---------------------------- 3.00 per day and up
Timber shute men ----------------- 3.00 per day and up
EDGER TABLE MEN:
4 men at ------------- ----------- 2.75 per day and up
6 men at -------------------------- 2.50 per day and up
S('lean up man at ------------- ----- 3.50 per day and up
2 Clean up men at ------------------ 2.50 per day and up
The ONE BIG UNION did it there; THE ONE BIG
UNION will do it here. Wise up! get busy; organize; use
your brains as well as your hands on the job.
Reliable news comes to this office that common labor is
scarce throughout the Southern timber belt. We have this
week even received letters and requests for us to furnish la
bhr to sawmills. Do not work over 9 hours nor for less than
Union demands. Take no more anti-union oaths and sign
no more papers. Make the Association blacklist us all and
let them haul timber with detectives and saw lumber with
gunmen if they can.
MORAL-Join the One Big Union Today.
The capitalist class are practicing "direct action" on the
working class, and the workers are learning how to combat
them.
"WE GAVE?"
Capitalists say, "we gave you that hospital, that park, that
library, and founded that university. What are you kicking
about?" Let the worker make no mistake. The average cap
italist's heart is no bigger than a flax seed. He gave you
nothing. It was not his to give. All his wealth came from the
one and only osurce it possibly could come from-the exploi
tation of labor. If you odn't believe this, sit down, put your
head between your hands, and try to think. It might hurt, but
try it.
Thousands of workers are hungry, and suffering from
overwork. Did you think it possible to work so hard you will
starve?
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